Maritime Institute in Gdańsk has a pleasure to inform about IMDIS 2016 - International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, that will be held in Gdansk (Poland) - October 11-13, 2016.

The Conference is organized by:
IOPAN, Institute of Oceanology - Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland,
IMGW, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Poland,
jointly with IFREMER, BODC, CSIC, MARIS and OGS, as part of the SeaDataNet consortium.

The IMDIS cycle of conferences has the aim of providing an overview of the existing information systems to serve different users in ocean science. It also shows the progresses on development of efficient: infrastructures for managing large and diverse data sets, standards, interoperable information systems, services and tools for education.

The Conference will present different systems for on-line access to data, meta-data and products, communication standards and adapted technology to ensure platforms interoperability. Sessions will focus on infrastructures, technologies and services for different users: environmental authorities, research, schools, universities, etc.